Wireless & RF Security
Tools for analyzing and securing over-the-air communication: 802.11 Wi-Fi auditing, software-defined radio, Bluetooth exploration, and RFID/NFC testing.
Software in Wireless & RF Security
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| Tool | License | Platforms | Pricing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aircrack-ng Command-line suite for WiFi security audits that captures traffic, verifies driver capabilities, and validates WEP and WPA PSK passphrase strength. | GPL-2.0-or-later WITH OpenSSL-exception | Linux, Windows, macOS, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, Solaris | Open Source |
| bettercap Network reconnaissance and assessment framework for 802.11, BLE, HID, and CAN bus security assessments with modular extension support. | GPL-3.0-only | Linux, macOS, Windows | Open Source |
| Flipper Zero Portable multi-tool for RFID, NFC, infrared, sub-GHz radio, and BadUSB experimentation. | GPL-3.0-only (firmware) | Hardware | Commercial |
| GNU Radio Open source signal processing toolkit and flow-graph framework for software defined radio. | GPL-3.0-or-later | Linux, macOS, Windows | Open Source |
| HackRF One Open source software defined radio peripheral for transmitting and receiving signals from 1 MHz to 6 GHz. | GPL-2.0-or-later (firmware and tools); BSD-3-Clause (libhackrf) | Hardware, Linux, macOS, Windows | Open Source |
| Kismet Wireless network detector and intrusion detection system that captures and analyzes Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, BLE, and Zigbee traffic with a web UI. | GPL-2.0-or-later | Linux, macOS, Windows | Open Source |
| Proxmark3 Open source RFID research tool for reading, sniffing, cloning, and emulating LF and HF credentials. | GPL-3.0-or-later | Hardware, Linux, macOS, Windows | Open Source |
| Reaver Tool that tests Wi-Fi Protected Setup PIN strength on access points to identify WPS misconfigurations in authorized wireless audits. | GPL-2.0-or-later WITH OpenSSL-exception | Linux | Open Source |
| WiFi Pineapple Hak5 wireless auditing platform for rogue AP testing, client management, and automated audit campaigns. | Proprietary | Hardware | Commercial |
| Wifite2 Python wireless auditing tool that automates network discovery, target selection, and encryption testing on Kali Linux and similar distributions. | GPL-2.0-only | Linux | Open Source |
About Wireless & RF Security
Wireless and RF security tools inspect radio-frequency signals, audit wireless protocols, and assess device communication over the air. The category covers 802.11 Wi-Fi cracking and monitoring tools like Aircrack-ng, Kismet, and Wifite that capture handshakes, discover access points, and verify encryption strength. It also covers software-defined radio (SDR) hardware and signal-processing toolkits like HackRF One and GNU Radio, which let researchers capture and decode radio signals across a wide range, 1 MHz to 6 GHz in the case of HackRF One. Multi-protocol and hardware security tools such as Flipper Zero and Proxmark3 analyze low-frequency and high-frequency RFID badges, NFC transponders, and infrared controllers. Wireless testing differs from wired testing because transmission occurs over shared airwaves accessible to any compatible receiver. Defensively, these tools help organizations detect rogue transmitters, audit badge clone resistance, verify wireless segmentation, and validate that proprietary wireless protocols enforce authenticated encryption.
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In This Catalog
- This category lists 10 tools: 8 open source and 2 commercial.
- By platform, 8 run on Linux, 6 on Windows, and 6 on macOS.
- The most common license among the open-source tools is GPL-2.0-or-later WITH OpenSSL-exception and GPL-3.0-or-later (2 tools each).
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Wireless & RF Security?→
Tools for analyzing and securing over-the-air communication: 802.11 Wi-Fi auditing, software-defined radio, Bluetooth exploration, and RFID/NFC testing.
What topics does the Wireless & RF Security category cover?→
802.11 Wi-Fi Auditing, Software-Defined Radio (SDR), RFID & NFC Analysis, Bluetooth & BLE Inspection, RF Signal Processing
Which Wireless & RF Security tools are open source?→
8 of the 10 tools in this category are open source: Aircrack-ng, bettercap, GNU Radio, HackRF One, Kismet, Proxmark3, Reaver, and Wifite2.